Missouri Wesleyan College

{{Short description|College in Cameron, Missouri (1883–1939)}}

Missouri Wesleyan College was a college in Cameron, Missouri, from 1883 until 1930.[http://www.cameron-mo.com/text-only/newpgeconhistory.asp City of Cameron History - cameron-mo - Retrieved September 23, 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209205629/http://www.cameron-mo.com/text-only/newpgeconhistory.asp |date=February 9, 2009 }}

The school opened as the Cameron Institute and became a college in 1887 after Methodists acquired it.

The college was best known for its music department where Allie Luse Dick served as the director of music (1892-95).{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Mary Dillon |title=Who's who Among Minnesota Women: A History of Woman's Work in Minnesota from Pioneer Days to Date, Told in Biographies, Memorials and Records of Organizations |date=1924 |publisher=Mary Dillon Foster |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfEBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA86 |page=86 |chapter=Alice Luse Dick |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en }} {{Source-attribution}}

In 1912, it was among the original founders of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. In 1922 it was among the first owners of a radio station WFAQ operating initially on 834 kc. The station closed in 1924.{{cite book|title=Education's Own Stations|author=Frost, S.E.|date=1971|publisher=Arno Press|isbn=9780405035739|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Q86nal5whUC|page=224|accessdate=April 3, 2015}}

The school merged with Baker University in 1926 and closed in 1930.