With reverence and all due respect, are you sure you were in class in 1913?
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Direct_Election_Senators.htm
I believe the changes made regarding the Senate to be elected as oppose to appointed, has led to a indifference expressed by the public toward the importance of the Constitution....They really don't pay attention to it anymore and go around it or misstate it's intent.