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Kappa Sigma Leadership
Pledge Test on Leadership
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11/01/2010

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Where was the meeting place?
Definition
Second floor of the building occupied as a bookstore
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Where was the meeting place located?
Definition
Directly across from the post office and YMCA hall
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How was the meeting place accessible?
Definition
Only by a sort of Jacob's ladder stairway on the outside of the building
Term
The only entrance to the meeting place was often what?
Definition
Slippery and treacherous
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What was the furniture in the meeting place?
Definition

A lamp

Oil can

Hickory chairs

Table

Small stove

Spittoons

Term
Who returned as the nucleus for a new chapter?
Definition

Samuel Macon Smith

Robert Elliott Boykin

Term
Who did Samuel Macon Smith and Robert Elliott Boykin add to the new chapter?
Definition
Thomas Wright Strange
Term
What was Stephen Alonzo Jackson's nickname?
Definition
The Golden-Hearted Virginian
Term
Who was responsible for keeping alive the dream of our Fraternity and making that dream a vital, continuing reality?
Definition
Stephen Alonzo Jackson
Term
What did Stephen Alonzo Jackson do?
Definition

Perfected the Ritual of Kappa Sigma

 

Created the Supreme Executive Committee

 

Created the tradition of Grand Conclave and Kappa Sigma's Finest Hour

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When was Stephen Alonzo Jackson born?
Definition
September 22, 1851
Term
Who followed Goodwin Williams as Grand Master of Zeta Chapter?
Definition
Stephen Alonzo Jackson
Term
What was Stephen Alonzo Jackson's one ambition?
Definition
To make Kappa Sigma the leading college fraternity of the world?
Term
What did the undergraduates at Zeta Chapter govern the operations of Kappa Sigma as?
Definition
Grand Chapter
Term
Who is Kappa Sigma's only honorary member?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
Term
When did Zeta issue a call for the "grand convention?" Where?
Definition
July 5 and 6, 1876 in Baltimore, MD
Term
Why did Zeta call for a "grand convention?"
Definition
To inquire into the condition of the Fraternity and to amend the constitution
Term
What was the first convention called?
Definition
Grand Conclave
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What was Stephen Alonzo Jackson elected as at the Grand Conclave?
Definition
Permanent Worthy Grand Master to hold office until the next convention
Term
When was the Grand Chapter system abolished?
Definition
1878
Term
What is the Supreme Executive Committee made up of?
Definition

Worthy Grand Master

Worthy Grand Scribe

Worthy Grand Treasurer

Worthy Grand Procurator

Term
When was the position of Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies added?
Definition
1885
Term
What must every man do before he can be initiated as a Kappa Sigma?
Definition
He must give his word that he is not a member of another college fraternity and profess a belief in God, and scripture and its teachings.
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