When was AKA founded? - answer Wednesday, January 15th 1908
Where was AKA founded? - answer Howard University, Washington D.C
When was AKA incorporated? - answer January 29th, 1913
What are the AKA colors? - answer Salmon Pink (femininity) and Apple Green (vitality)
Mission Statement? - answer Cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical
standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help
alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature to
maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of "service to all mankind"
Motto? - answer By culture, by merit
Symbol? - answer Green enameled Ivy Leaf with AKA inscribed on each point
Coat of Arms? - answerClasped Hands, Atlas, Lamp, Scale, Dove
9 Original Pearls - answerEthel Hedgemen Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Elizabeth
Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Larina Norman, Marie
Woolfork Taylor,Lucy Diggs Slowe(first president)
7 Sophomore Pearls - answerJoanna Shields, Norma Boyd, Ethel Mowbary, Sarah
Nutler, Alice Murray, Carrie Snowden, Harriet Terry
4 Pearl Incorporators - answerNellie Quander(continuity/kept AKA alive), Nellie Russel,
Minnie Smith, Julia Brooks
What is AKA based on? - answerPrinciples of sisterhood, scholarship, and service to all
mankind
When was Lambda Chi chapter founded? - answer1979
First Initiation? - answerFebruary 19th, 1909 in Minor Hall
When did 7 members want to leave for Deltas? - answerAutumn of 1912
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