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THE DANTE SOCIETY THE DANTE SOCIETY OF WESTERLY THE DANTE SOCIETY OF WESTERLY LA SOCIETA DANTESCA DI WESTERLY EST. 1975 Purpose The Dante Society of Westerly preserves promotes and fosters the Communitys awareness of the Italian culture and rewards excellence in the study of the Italian language and culture at the Westerly High School. History In 1975 a group of people met at Lillian and Walter Ruisis home to reinstate The Dante Prize. Formerly this prize privately funded by Dr.