Kappa Delta

Open motto

“Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful and highest”

Objective

The formation and perpetuation of good fellow ship, friendship, and sisterly love among its members; the encouragement of literature and education; the promotion of social interest; and the furtherance of charitable and benevolent purposes

Creed

May we, sisters in Kappa Delta, strive each day to seek more earnestly the honorable and beautiful things. May we each day through love of those within our circle, learn to know and understand better those without our circle. May the diamond shield that guards our love find us each day Truer, Wiser, more faithful, more loving and more noble.

Purpose

To promote true friendship, amount the college girls of our country by inculcating into their hearts and lives those principles of truth, of honor, or duty, without which there can be no true friendship

Founding dates

-          October 23, 1897

-          Farmville, Virgina

-          State Female Normal School, now longwood University

Our Founders

-          Mary Somerville Sparks Henricks

-          Lenoria Ashmore Blackiston

-          Sara Turner White

-          Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson

Colors

                Olive and Pearl White

Jewels

                Diamond, emerald, pearl

Flower

                White Rose

Symbols

                Nautilus Shell, dagger, diamond shape

Mascot

                Teddy bear

Tag line

                Building confidence, inspiring action.