Fraternity Education Stumpers
from First Timers Event
2013 International Conference, Washington DC
What’s the Difference: CONFERENCE … CONVENTION
First difference: which is--- Regional event
or
International event
Second:
Even numbered years
Odd no. years
Third:
Educational Information
Sorority Business
(fraternity education, professional topics
(bylaws, voting, policies)
personal growth topics, world understanding)
Fourth:
Fifth:
Follow ABC order of states
Next: Sioux Falls, Rochester NY,
Cheyenne, WY, Charleston WV, …..
Determined by The Executive Board
Next: Salt Lake City UT
ANSWERS: In the listing above, all of the CONFERENCE answers are on the left….all the CONVENTION
answers are on the right.
SIMON SAYS/ STYLE SHEET QUIZ
Which is correct usage of the words…. Simon says ‘stand’ (or some other action) if you think ‘a’ is
correct; Simon says ‘do some other action’ if ‘b’is correct.
a. Badge …. Pin
(Your official jewelry is a badge and worn over your heart…nothing gets
between your and your sisters’ hearts…hold thumb at small of throat; extend had so pinky is
parallel to the floor; where pinky lands is where the badge should hang.)
b. by-laws … bylaws
(For Alpha Delta Kappa purposes, we use bylaws, one word, no
hyphen.)
c. archives … scrapbook
(Our chapter, state, regional and international histories are
pictorially kept in a chronological archives. State and International archives are the property of
those State and IP/IVP Presidents. What does your chapter do with your archives???)
d. Kappan … KAPPAN
The official Alpha Delta Kappa magazine , published two times a
year, is printed as KAPPAN.)
e. fraternity education … Fraternal education
We have “fraternal” (adj) sisterhood
and love. We study fraternity education.
f. Sergeant-at-Arms … Sergeant-of-Arms
We elect a Sgt-AT-Arms, more than one
of which are called “sergeants-at-arms.”
g. President-Elect … president elect
We use the hyphen here…president-elect, more
than one of which are called “presidents-elect.”
h. “all”truism … “AL”truism
remember: the word rhymes with “MY PAL AL”!!!!
i. Founders’ Day . .. Founders Day … Founder’s Day
We have four Founding Sisters;
therefore, Founders’ Day is correct.
j. ADK …. AK (in print)
We should always print AND SAY the delta. To print a
delta on a Mac, you can download and switch to a Greek keyboard. To change a capital D on a
pc, type the capital D, highlight it, and change the font to ‘Symbol.”