Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-17
Dl1SPONDENT OVER MARKS MISS
GRAHAM, HOWARD STUDENT,
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Daughter Of Rev. ". +. Graham
Fires Bullet Into Her Breast.

washington Tribune. June 10. 1929
Failure to pass tire rigid test OF
some Of the instructors ut Howard
University, in her final examinations,
Miss Ottie Beatrice Graham, Of PHI la
dclphia, fired shot from a 3S cnlibcr
pistol into her right breast IN her room
at Miner Hall about 10 o'clock Friua.,
morning, June 2. She is now improv-
ing and is out Of danger.
Miss Graham is Of highly nervous
temperament and had inquired of the
I Dean rs to whether she would gradu-
; ate or not. He did not give her any
! satisfaction and she went to tho Regis
, trar, who gave her some documents
and told her to bring up certain work
before lie could inform her as to her
swer possibly, about Tuesday. after
Friday, the 9th.
Upon examination OF the pistol
which Miss Graham used II was found
= that all Of the cartridges had been
snapped, SO the theory is advanced thar
she must have snapped them all, the
last one exploding, which accounts for
IhS SIOI III llC Il6lI Ol Ill Sle
left breast.
DR.. A. NJ. Curtis, tho attending
physician, said the ball had been OK
racted and that 1t did not enter her
lungs. He excused her from confin1-
ment to. the bed Wednesday and h.
thought she would fully recover in .
short time.
1t is said at the University that Miss
Graham was very brilliant young wo
man. She was specializing in Dramat.
&c Art and was an outstanding pup,
In this department; in fact she was the
leading factor in the development Ct
the entertainment that was scheduled
Tor Thursday night. The first half of
the play was Miss Graham's own Great
ION and she was to have been the lead
ing character in it. 1t Is said that she
worked hard from 8 to II and "
O'Clock at night in rehenrsing and d..
rectmg the others In the rchearsals for
Thursday nights entertainment by the
Howard Players.
In addition to dramatic work. Miss
Graham did literary work for the var.
tons University publications. including
me journal, The Record The Stylus
ana the Minerva tho latter being the
year hook for 1922. Miss Graham VIA
popular with student organizations.
She was vice-presidcnt Of the French
Club In 1921 and vice-presidert of the
Students Council In 1921. With rer
regular studies her literary work and
her dramatic work, by which tho Uni
| versity benefited, Miss Graham was
kept very busy.
She was such an outstanding charac
ter in her dramatic work that it had
splready been decided that she would
so to Paris, France to finish her course
In this art. With the anticipated trip
to Europe depending On her gradua.
ton here this year, she was anxious 10
know If she was to finish; therefore,
the interview with the Dean and Regi--
strar. Obtaining little satisfaction, she
returned to her room from the Regis.
trnr's office. There the intended fatal
shot was fired. However, Miss Graham
is not suicide. It is said that this is
the 1lrst suicide attempt by student
Of Howard University.
Her deficiency, it .is learned from
authoritative sources was onetcnth Of
unit in Physical Culture, a subject in
which she was supposed to be thorough
ly proficient.
1t Is stated that she will not be able
to graduate until her deficiency has
been made up.
Miss Graham is the daughter OF the
Rev. Graham pastor of one Of the larg.
est Baptist churches in Philadelphia. I
She is graduate Of the William Penn
High School Of Philadelphia and came
on to Howard from that school.