Editing Alpha Delta Pi (section)

== Symbols and publications ==
The open [[motto]] of ADPi is "We Live for Each Other,".  The sorority's colors are [[Azure (color)|azure]] blue and white.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=January 2018 |title=Manual of Information |url=https://npcwomen.dynamic.omegafi.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2037/2018/01/manual-of-information-2018.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618075328/https://npcwomen.dynamic.omegafi.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2037/2018/01/manual-of-information-2018.pdf |archive-date=2018-06-18 |access-date=2018-06-17 |work=National Panhellenic Conference |page=16 |edition=23rd}}</ref> To the sorority, blue is symbolic of friendship, which the sorority cites as one of its founding values; white symbolizes sincerity and truth, which are two qualities the sorority states it looks for in its members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alphadeltapi.org/page/symbols/|title=Symbols – Alpha Delta Pi|website=www.alphadeltapi.org|access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref> The official flower is the woodland [[violet (plant)|violet]];<ref name=":02" /> however since woodland violets are found in the wild and not available for purchase, people often substitute the [[African violet]]. The official jewel and symbol is the [[diamond]], which the sorority uses as a symbol of "the enduring strength and value of friendship".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nwmissouri.alphadeltapi.org/chapter-history|title=Alpha Delta Pi {{!}} Northwest Missouri State University|last=Pi|first=Northwest Missouri State University chapter of Alpha Delta|website=nwmissouri.alphadeltapi.org|access-date=2018-06-13|archive-date=2018-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613133937/http://nwmissouri.alphadeltapi.org/chapter-history|url-status=dead}}</ref> The mascot for Alpha Delta Pi is a [[lion]] with the nickname of Alphie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alphadeltapi.org/contentmanager/page.asp?webpageid=198|title=Symbols|publisher=Alpha Delta Pi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607095146/http://www.alphadeltapi.org/contentmanager/page.asp?webpageid=198|archive-date=2009-06-07|url-status=dead|access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref> 

''The Adelphean'' is the sorority's quarterly magazine.<ref name=":02" /> Its first issue was published March 12, 1907.<ref name="Adelphean">{{cite news |last1=Phi |first1=Alpha Delta |date=12 March 1907 |title=The Adelphean of Alpha Delta Pi |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tdITAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PP3 |access-date=4 August 2016 |publisher=Alpha Delta Pi |issue=1 |agency=Alpha Delta Pi}}</ref>

=== Badge ===
The first diamond-shaped badge, also known as a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]], was first worn by the Adelpheans in 1851. Stars were not included on this first badge, but it did have a monogram of the Wesleyan pin attached to the badge by a link chain, thus forming a guard. In 1854, the stars were added, but it was not until 1874 that the stars and the clasped hands were raised. This design remained with only slight modifications until 1906 when, at Alpha Delta Pi's first convention, Nanaline King presented a new design for the pin. Her design was a smaller gold badge with a black enamel center which pictured the clasped hands, the two stars, and the Greek letters, Alpha Delta Phi.<ref name=":02" /> This design was adopted by the convention and is still in use today, except for the Greek letter Phi being changed to Pi at the 1913 convention.

The new member badge is a gold pin emblazoned with a lion atop the Greek letters '''{{lang|grc|ΒΥΑ}}'''.<ref name=":02" />

=== Coat of Arms ===
Elizabeth Moseley Coles, who was elected national president at the first grand convention, was responsible for having Alpha Delta Pi's [[coat of arms]] designed. Another sister of the ''Alpha chapter'', Agnes Chapman, is given credit for the actual design of the coat of arms. Symbolism from the ritual and the Alpha pin were combined in the coat of arms, and the design originally had a background of violets. In 1919, the convention body voted to make changes and the present design was accepted.