Edmond's　Works　（English）

     Edmond N. Beard, which is used as the title name of the Website, is the pen name of Naoto

Murai, who was born at Maizuru City in Kyoto Prefecture on August 13, 1946. He graduated from

Higashi-Maizuru Prefectural Senior High School. After graduation from Kita-Kyushu University

(the present Kita-Kyushu Civic University) in 1969, in which he majored in American-British

English in the faculty of foreign languages, he went on to Nihon Lutheran Theological College

(the present Ruteru Gakuin College). After having studied there for three years, he entered

Lutheran Seminary from which he graduated in 1974. He has also got a master's degree

in systematic theology fromTokyo Theological College in 1976. He has been working for Meisei

High School in Tokyo since 1977. His works are as follows:

   "Oral Communication and the English Club"「Hitotsubashi Joho, the English Department
２００１」(Hitotsubash Shuppan, Tokyo),

   "The Evergreen Songstress: Harumi Miyako" (appearing on Miyako Harumi's official homepage),

   "The Possibility of Life-Long Education" (Meisei Gakuen Study Bulletin,　No.5, 1985), 
  
   "The Prospects of Japanese Education" （Ibid., No. 6, 1986),
  
   "Segregation or Integration?" (Ibid., No.7, 1987),

   "Preparation for Accepting Death" (Ibid., No. 8, 1988),

   "YUZURU" (Ibid., No. 9, 1989),

   "Effective Writing for Senior High Students" (Ibid., No. 10, 1990),

   "This Was a Son of God!"-The Cross and the Resurrection- (Ibid., No. 11, 1991),

   "Readiness for Accepting Foreign Exchange Students into Japanese Schools"
(Ibid., No.12, 1992),

   "Keep to Small Places!" (Ibid., No. 13, 1993),

   "Critiques of English Education in Japanese Schooling" (Ibid., No. 14, 1994),

   "Gold or Death?"ーThe Story of King Midasー (Ibid..,　No. 15 ー�Uー　1995),

   "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" (Ibid., No. 16, 1996),

   "Shuken, Sojun and Ikkyu" (Ibid., No. 17, 1997),

   "Anju and Zushio" (Ibid., No. 18, 1998),
  
   "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer" (Ibid., No.19, 1999),
  
   "Gulliver's Travel: His Voyage to Lilliput" (Ibid., No. 20, 2000),
  
   "Harmful TV Programs" (Ibid., No. 20, 2000),
   
   "The Evergreen Songstress: Harumi Miyako" (Ibid., No. 21, 2001),
   
   "Takase-Bune" (Ibid., No. 21, 2001).

   "Current Issues in School Education" (Ibid., No. 22, 2002)

   "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers" (Ibid., No. 22, 2002)

   "Practical Studies on Current English" (Ibid, No. 23, 2003)  

   "The Blue Bird" (Ibid., No. 23, 2003)

   "The Hinomaru and 'Kimigayo'" (Ibid., No. 24, 2004)

   "Peter Pan ― A　Struggle against Jas. Hook ― "(Ibid., No. 24, 2004)